4 June 2015

"Have you seen my parcel of wine?"

As Mark is out delivering letters, Angela asks if he has a parcel that she is expecting;  “It’s a box of wine,” she tells him, and his face falls.   

"It wasn't your wine!"

He rushes over to where Anita is watering her hanging basket, and informs her that the wine was not in fact hers, but Angela’s.

"Oops!" says Anita

“Oops!” she replies, but Mark is very concerned that if Angela complained to the Royal Mail, there would be an enquiry and he might lose his job.   He instructs Anita to retrieve the two bottles and the box, while he goes to the shop.

Gemma is back to infuriate Gwyneth

As Gwyneth puts mop buckets outside APD, Gemma arrives, informing her that she feels much better today, and asking if Gwyneth is going to the barbecue.   Gwyneth does not think so, until Gemma reminds her that it will mean, “A quiet night in.”

"It's a bit early for buying wine"

Dani has collected the bread rolls Eileen has donated, and comments to Mark that is is rather early in the day to be buying two bottles of wine.

Gwynfor just wants to get back to his pint

In the Deri, Dai accosts Gwynfor to support his call for an election for councillor;  “How are you, partner?”   Gwynfor tells him, “Not interested!” and turns to his pint.   

Then Dai tries his luck with Jinx . . .

Then Dai approaches Jinx, who is trying to plan his radio programme, and points out they have five names, and without another five they are “doomed”.

. . . and is told to hassle someone else

Jinx is emphatic;  “I’ve got enough on my plate – go and hassle someone else!”   

"You should believe in yourself"

When Kelly comes in, Jinx tells her he cannot concentrate on his programme.   “You should believe in yourself,” she tells him, and advises that he go home and “chill”, and he will be fine.   “I know that you can do it, and I’m so proud of you!”

Some subterfuge going on, as the labels come off the expensive bottles . . .

Anita and Mark are busy, soaking off the labels from the two bottles they emptied last night, 

. . . and on to the cheap plonk

and affixing them to the cheap wine bottles from the shop.   

Anita is sure this will not end well . . .

Anita says they should admit it was an innocent mistake, but Mark warns it would not do to cross Angela.   

. . . but Mark is confident . . .

“That’s it, just as if it never happened,” he assures her, as he puts the two doctored bottles in the case with the unopened Pinot Noir.   Anita is not so sure;  “Until she opens it – she’ll know straightaway!”   

. . . and tells Angela he has found her wine

Then Mark rings Angela, tells her he found the parcel at the depot, and will deliver it to her at the Deri.

Jinx looks at Arwen's cuddly toy . . .

Following Kelly’s instructions, Jinx sits at home, looking first at one of Arwen’s cuddly toys, 

. . . and then her picture of Dad

then at her picture of “Dad”.

Dai has no success at getting Dani to sign . . .

Dani has just collected a case of Carlsberg Export, donated by the Deri, when Dai asks for her signature on his call for an election, but she is too busy with barbecue preparations to listen.   

. . . but he looks enviously at the wine

Mark brings the wine to Angela, and she promises him a glass later to thank him.

Gethin has been dealing with the preparations

When Dani reaches number 7, Gethin has already defrosted the burgers and sausages, and has prepared a music playlist.   “It will all be worth it if Ffion turns up,” he tells her, 

"I'm doing this for the soup kitchen, not for your love life!"

but Dani tells him she is doing all this for the Soup Kitchen, not for his love life.   Gethin muses, “She won’t be able to cope without me – especially if Jinx takes her to court.   I know that she needs me more than ever!”

Various bearded party-goers gather

Later, under a canopy in the back garden of number 7 the preparations are in progress;  

Angela pours Mark a glass of wine

Angela pours Mark a glass of her “expensive” wine.   

"Who are you supposed to be?"

Ffion arrives with a bottle of non-alcoholic wine, and of course it is not long before Gethin gravitates towards her.   “Who are you supposed to be, Dali or Poirot?” he asks, and she tells him she ditched the beard as she could not breathe.   He pulls off his bushy ginger false beard, but Ffion warns him, “There’s nothing to say – nothing has changed, so just let it go!”

Dai has an allergic reaction to the DIY glue

Dai complains about a terrible itching where he has stuck on “Elvis Presley” sideburns.   Angela quickly rips them off and admonishes him for sticking them on with DIY adhesive from APD.

Tensions rise at the CwmFM studio . . .

The radio is turned on, and they hear Anita announcing that the barbecue is in full swing, and that people have been sending in pictures of  their beards.   “You’ll be able to vote online for your favourite.”   

. . . the presenters start arguing

While the music plays, Anita and Jinx in the studio argue over who should announce what.

Lotion is applied to soothe the itching

Gwyneth has fetched some lotion from the salon and Angela applies it to Dai’s inflamed face;  “I haven’t looked like this since I got sunburnt at Lanzarote in 1992,” he says.

Here comes Gemma again . . .

Then Gemma walks in, wearing a beard, and he exclaims, “Ah, Brian Blessed!”   As he thanks Gwyneth for saving him for the second time this week, Gemma appears resentful, 

. . . but she seems to be virtually ignored

and as they walk away, she is left on her own.

On CwmFM, Jinx speaks of the “beard-e-que”, and announces that later they will be talking to the organisers, Dani Monk and Gethin Thomas.   

Anita's praise of Gethin . . .

Anita adds that Gethin has been doing all the hard work for the soup kitchen voluntarily;  “It’s nice to see young people helping those less fortunate.”

. . . irritates Jinx, who launches into a tirade

Jinx is becoming angry;  “So that justifies all the other things he’s done, does it?” he demands, on air.   “Stealing another man’s woman, destroying a happy family, ruining a toddler’s childhood!   Not to mention all the lying and cheating since he came here – talking about his dodgy deals would fill a programme!”

The party-goers are amazed at what they hear . . .

Anita tries to stop him, but he is determined to continue, so she hurries off to find Hywel.   “I’m sure you’re wondering what I’m going to say next,” 

. . . with Ffion being particularly embarrassed

Jinx goes on, “Well, I don’t have anything to say to you, Ffion, nothing that people don’t already know!”

Then she gets a mouthful from Kelly

Ffion hurries away from the gathering, but Kelly stops her;  “You’d rather be at a barbecue than with your child?”   Ffion replies that Arwen is with Elinor, and she also has her dad.   “Yes, the dad who’s trying to do his job!” shouts Kelly, “Who’s looking after him?”

"Do you hear, Hywel?   Stuff your job!"

On the radio, Jinx’s diatribe continues, “No matter who her father is, I love that little girl more than anything in the world!   I’ve lost everything else – my girlfriend, my home, my job!   Do you hear, Hywel?   Stuff your job!”   He throws down his headphones.

Kelly tries to calm Jinx . . .

Kelly is the first to reach CwmFM and tries to calm him, then Hywel rushes in, 

. . . then turns her wrath on Hywel

but Kelly shouts at him, “You did this – you pushed him too far!”

"Poor Jinx"

In the kitchen of number 7, Gethin remarks, “Poor Jinx – he has more problems that we realise.”

"I doubt if your affair with Ffion helped!"

Dai is forthright;  “I doubt if your affair with Ffion helped!”   

"I hope my birthday won't be such a flop!"

When Dai goes home, Gemma follows Gwyneth around, and remarks, “I hope my birthday won’t be such a flop.   It’s next week, you’re organising it and it had better be a good one!”

Dani counts the proceeds . . . 

Dani counts the proceeds, which amount to over £100;  Gethin regrets the way things went.   

"Ffion doesn't want any more problems"

Dani warns him off, saying the last thing Ffion wants is more problems.   Gethin says, “Loving someone should be simple,” but Dani reminds him that Arwen comes first, not him.

Kelly mothers Jinx

At Anita’s, Kelly makes Jinx a cup of hot, sweet tea, and assures him that he has nothing to be embarrassed about;  “Everything that needed to come out, came out,” she says, and tells him that Anita has agreed he can stay there.

"I wasn't fit to go to CwmFM"

Jinx admits that he was not fit to go near the radio station;  

"You're safe now"

Kelly puts an arm round him, and whispers, “You’re safe now!”